Broadway to Close? — Page 4

SmoothLover said: "SouthernCakes said: "I just don’t quite get it. Like what do they expect us to do with no income for a month? Are they going to waive my rent for the month? Pay my credit card bills?! Like I’m beginning to panic. A month of no work is crazy. Are we all going on unemployment?"

I would go on unemployment as soon as you do your last show.....there is also organizational help...."

Unless the show officially closes and employment is terminated, you are not eligible for unemployment benefits. Similarly for other jobs, unless your employment is terminated, you do not qualify.

GhostXmasPast said: "Sutton Ross said: "Try 212 confirmed. You clearly have no idea how fast this has and will spread."

212 is all ofNY State. As of 3/11/20.

48 or so in NYC proper. (Up 12 from yesterday)

To be clear.

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And to be clear to you, Westchester County starts right where the Bronx ends. It's extremely close to NYC as is Long Island. Read a map.

Updated On: 3/11/20 at 04:55 PM

The number of people that usher interacted with (two different theaters!) is in the thousands. Crazy.

No cancellations, as of now. They said the theater owners will address the issue directly by the end of the day today.

Updated On: 3/11/20 at 05:01 PM

I would expect all Broadway theaters to announce they are closing very soon. It kills me to even think about it let alone write it.

Updated On: 3/11/20 at 05:09 PM

Sadly, this was bound to happen. Eventually either someone working or attending the theater was going to be infected/or a carrier.



Damn.

LizzieCurry said: "There are no dates mentioned, but:

The usher worked last week at performances of a new revival of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” now in previews at the 766-seat Booth Theater, starringLaurie Metcalfand Rupert Everett. Before that, the usher also helped manage lines one or more performances of “Six,” a new British musical about the wives of Henry VIII, which is in previews at the 1,031-seat Brooks Atkinson Theater."

Interesting. Booth is a Shubert house and Brooks Atkinson is a Nederlander house. I'm guessing the usher is a sub? I'm not too familiar how it works to usher but I always thought regular ushers always work in the same house.

For Six, it says the person managed lines. Does that mean outside the theater before entry? If so, hopefully close interaction was minimal.

Sutton Ross said: "A "deep clean" doesn't prevent the infected usher from having spread it to the other staff members in the house, not to mention the hundreds of people he or she interacted with. As I've said before, the virus is asymptomatic, some people may never experience symptoms, but that doesn't prevent them from spreading it to others.

Exactly. Unless the theaters email people attending tonight letting them know or it gets picked up by every news outletonline, a lot of people attending tonight probably won't be aware of this. Yikes."

They should at least email all the ticket-holders and let them know the situation. Not cancelling the show is one thing, letting people making the decision for themselves whether to attend is another.